Engineered Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides (eCAPs) to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

The increasing rate of antibiotic resistance constitutes a global health crisis. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have the property to selectively kill bacteria regardless of resistance to traditional antibiotics. However, several challenges (e.g., reduced activity in the presence of serum and lack of...

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Main Authors: Berthony Deslouches, Ronald C. Montelaro, Ken L. Urish, Yuanpu P. Di
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/12/6/501